Games Like PAYDAY™ The Heist

PAYDAY 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original PAYDAY crew - Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains - as they descend on Washington DC for an epic crime spree.

Why similar: Heist 26.8% ★, FPS 13.6%, Co-op 12.8%, Crime 11.5%, Online Co-Op 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It vastly expands the original’s four-player robbery formula with more heists, builds, stealth options, and escalating police-defense action.

Crime Boss: Rockay City is a 1-4 player co-op FPS heist game with enjoyable stealth and epic killing spree combat. Featuring a solo roguelike campaign that combines FPS and strategy elements with the most hilariously cheesy voice acting that make you laugh.

Why similar: Heist 27.7% ★, Crime 14.5%, FPS 13.3%, Co-op 9.7%, Online Co-Op 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is a co-op crime shooter centered on planning robberies, stealing loot, fighting law enforcement, and escaping alive.

PAYDAY 3 is a 1-to-4 player co-op FPS and the ultimate heist fantasy, set in the most iconic city in the world. Gone without a trace or through a hail of bullets. Either way, you're getting out with the prize.

Why similar: Heist 32.2% ★, Crime 15.1%, FPS 13.2%, Co-op 10.3%, Online Co-Op 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It directly continues the series’ objective-based co-op heists with modernized stealth, loud combat, and civilian-management systems.

You’re out of jail, but the debt isn’t gone. Sneak, steal, and break into houses solo or in 4-player co-op. Use lockpicks, sleeping gas, and brute force to complete jobs, outsmart security, and make enough money before time runs out. Will you pay back what you owe, or lose everything?

Why similar: Heist 33.4% ★, Crime 19.5%, FPS 12.9%, Online Co-Op 11%, Multiplayer 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on cooperative burglaries where players scout locations, bypass security, steal valuables, and adapt when a job turns loud.

RAID: World War II is an action-packed four player cooperative shooter set during a time when the Nazi war machine was still winning, and hope was in short supply.

Why similar: Heist 28.4% ★, FPS 22.9%, Co-op 15%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Shooter 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its four-player missions closely mirror PAYDAY’s class-based co-op shooting and assault waves, transplanted into a World War II resistance setting.

One-armed robber is a chaotic first-person heist game that centers around a uniquely challenging premise. Players take the role of a determined robber equipped with only one arm, tasked with pulling off daring heists on banks, shops, and various establishments.

Why similar: Heist 39.2% ★, Co-op 14.8%, FPS 14%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Stealth 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This free-to-play co-op game recreates the chaotic robbery-and-escape loop with a deliberately goofy physics-driven twist.

Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.

Why similar: Heist 35.8% ★, Co-op 24.5%, Crime 10%, Stealth 8.8%, Online Co-Op 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Although viewed from above, it delivers exceptional cooperative heist planning, specialized criminal roles, improvisation, and tense escapes.

Perfect Heist 2 is a round-based online game, where robbers try to hide in plain sight while robbing a bank without being noticed by the cop team!

Why similar: Heist 43.4% ★, FPS 17.4%, Multiplayer 9%, Stealth 8.9%, Shooter 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its asymmetric robber-versus-police matches make stealth, disguises, loot extraction, and sudden firefights the center of every round.

Steal everything. Even the people. The Break-In lets you take whatever you want, from TVs to fridges to toilets. And all in 1-4 player co-op, VR and non VR. Select your getaway vehicle, anything from a bicycle to a stolen police van, and load up with gear like hammers and rocket boosters, and steal.

Why similar: Heist 37.4% ★, Crime 20.1%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Co-op 9.5%, Stealth 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op burglary sandbox emphasizes entering houses, finding loot, handling security, and getting out before the situation collapses.

Filthy Animals is a chaotic single-player/co-op heist game for up to 4 players. Become a mutant animal working for criminal mastermind Tony as you steal, fight, fall over, and eat tacos. Solve puzzles and avoid security before making off with the loot, ya Filthy Animal!

Why similar: Co-op 35.6%, Online Co-Op 31.3%, Multiplayer 20.1%, Action 9.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers lighthearted cooperative criminal jobs built around stealing valuables, overcoming obstacles, and escaping chaotic situations together.

Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.

Why similar: FPS 30.6%, Co-op 16.5%, Crime 15%, Tactical 10.8%, Multiplayer 10%

Why You'll Like It: This slower, more tactical co-op FPS shares PAYDAY’s close-quarters raids, hostage pressure, coordinated entries, and punishing gunfights.

GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.

Why similar: FPS 22.1%, Online Co-Op 16%, Co-op 15.9%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Team-Based 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its brutally tense four-player expeditions reward the same disciplined communication, role coordination, ammo management, and objective focus.

Two cops, one case and only 24 hours to bust the bad guys! Become a loose cannon police detective and face off with criminal gangs in this procedurally-generated action movie FPS. Join forces with a friend and take down those crooks, buddy-cop style!

Why similar: FPS 52.9%, Action 43.4%, Indie 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its procedurally generated co-op police raids provide the same brisk, room-clearing FPS momentum and mission-based teamwork as loud PAYDAY jobs.

Zero Hour is a tactical FPS with online team-based game play that takes place in a variety of fictional locations interpreted in Bangladesh with Real-life scale & resource management. It brings a grounded, close quarter combat experience to the game.

Why similar: FPS 24.9%, Co-op 13.7%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Shooter 10.2%, Multiplayer 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is a tactical co-op shooter built around carefully clearing hostile interiors, rescuing civilians, and coordinating every breach.

In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.

Why similar: FPS 24.4%, Co-op 17.2%, Online Co-Op 15.8%, Team-Based 14%, Multiplayer 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It captures PAYDAY’s satisfying cooperative gunplay, perk synergy, escalating enemy waves, and frantic between-objective survival.

Tactical squad-based heist game set in 1970s. The 2D top-down view gives you a great overview of what's happening at any given moment, allowing you to be a real criminal mastermind. Can you pull off the greatest heist in the history of mankind?

Why similar: Heist 47.2% ★, Crime 22.5%, Great Soundtrack 9.4%, Stealth 7.8%, Tactical 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It turns robbery planning into a tactical top-down game where crews, equipment, routes, and contingencies determine whether a heist succeeds.

Perfect Heist is a round-based online game, where the robber team tries to execute a bank robbery without getting noticed, and the cop team tries to prevent it. Robbers hide in plain sight and try to slowly infiltrate the bank while the Cops try to figure out who is a normal customer, and who is a robber!

Why similar: Heist 43.1% ★, FPS 19.6%, Crime 12.4%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Shooter 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This earlier asymmetric heist game pits disguised robbers against security players, emphasizing deception, timing, and loot extraction.

Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

Why similar: FPS 29.2%, Co-op 24.1%, Online Co-Op 12.8%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Shooter 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its iconic four-player campaigns similarly turn coordinated shooting, revives, and survival under overwhelming pressure into constant action.

Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this multiplayer and cooperative Source Engine based experience.

Why similar: FPS 59%, Multiplayer 7.1%, Co-op 6.7%, Team-Based 5.8%, Shooter 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: While not about heists, its unforgiving close-range co-op and multiplayer firefights reward the careful teamwork and tactical aggression PAYDAY players enjoy.

Sneak Thief is a first person, shooter, strategy, stealth and puzzle game that lets you choose how you want to play. Use your wits and expertise to setup and perform heists whether that be by using brute force to smash your way through or by getting away without making a sound.

Why similar: Heist 40.7% ★, FPS 14.4%, Stealth 13.6%, Crime 8.4%, Multiplayer 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides first-person burglary scenarios built around infiltration, lockpicking, stealing valuables, and choosing between stealth or confrontation.

Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!

Why similar: FPS 38.7%, Co-op 36.3%, Shooter 12.4%, First-Person 6.7%, Action 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: The mission structure, distinct team roles, escalating swarms, and need to extract together make it an excellent co-op action substitute.

Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does.

Why similar: Heist 33.5% ★, Crime 24.4%, Co-op 12.2%, FPS 9.9%, Stealth 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This earlier entry offers the same first-person casing, lockpicking, loot collection, and evasion fantasy on a smaller scale.

The door to your robber’s career is waiting! Just crowbar the lock off and force your way through the threshold. Learn skills, collect tools and become a master of the thieving trade!

Why similar: Heist 39.6% ★, Crime 28.6%, Stealth 10.8%, Co-op 8.9%, Action 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its detailed burglary loop of scouting houses, bypassing alarms, stealing loot, and avoiding police is a more methodical solo heist alternative.

A Way Out is an exclusively co-op adventure where you play the role of one of two prisoners making their daring escape from prison.

Why similar: Co-op 33.7%, Online Co-Op 33.2%, Crime 17.8%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Action 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: This strictly two-player criminal adventure follows fugitives through coordinated breakouts, robberies, chases, and story-driven action set pieces.

The critically acclaimed Vermintide 2 is a visually stunning and groundbreaking melee action game pushing the boundaries of the first person co-op genre. Join the fight now!

Why similar: Co-op 33.6%, Online Co-Op 20.8%, FPS 19.7%, Multiplayer 13.3%, First-Person 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It replaces robberies with fantasy missions but retains intense four-player teamwork, class abilities, special-enemy threats, and desperate escapes.

Pure adrenaline of non-stop action in Single Player, Online Co-op and Multiplayer. Double the pleasure and mayhem with new multiplayer DLCs! (click for details)

Why similar: Crime 29.7%, Heist 22.3% ★, Co-op 21.6%, Action 9.8%, Shooter 7%

Why You'll Like It: Its grim criminal tone and two-player campaign feature desperate robberies, escapes, shootouts, and a similarly rough-edged action feel.

The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Can you survive without it?

Why similar: Co-op 54.2%, Shooter 25%, Action 15.3%, RPG 3.5%, Adventure 1%

Why You'll Like It: Its cyberpunk criminal setting, cooperative combat, and mission-based assaults evoke the crew-against-the-world energy of a PAYDAY job.

Go undercover as the world’s greatest spies in this tense multiplayer game of subterfuge. Disguise as anyone, deploy an arsenal of high-tech gadgets or neutralize the competition. As long as you extract with the objective, no trick is too dirty when you work for DECEIVE INC.

Why similar: Heist 57.3% ★, Team-Based 13.6%, Stealth 9.1%, Shooter 8.9%, First-Person 5%

Why You'll Like It: Its competitive spy-heist matches revolve around disguises, infiltrating secure areas, stealing an objective, and escaping under pressure.

Join The Division in this open world tactical shooter. Engage in intense cover-based combat, team up with friends, and build your ultimate agent to save Washington, D.C.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 32.3%, Multiplayer 22.5%, Co-op 19.9%, Shooter 14.6%, Action 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op missions and build-based third-person firefights deliver a polished squad-shooter alternative centered on coordinated objective clearing.

The ultimate spy-vs-guards simulator. Carefully sneak your way to the objective as Intruders or use the wide variety of tactical gadgets to trap your opponents as Guards. Intruder allows for stealth, teamwork, and environmental interactions never before seen in a multiplayer game.

Why similar: FPS 30%, Team-Based 14.8%, Stealth 12%, Shooter 9.4%, Multiplayer 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This stealth-focused multiplayer infiltration game rewards communication, gadget use, sneaking, and clever objective play before violence breaks out.

6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!

Why similar: FPS 35.2%, Co-op 23.3%, Online Co-Op 12.7%, Multiplayer 9%, Team-Based 7.1%

In the dark days of the end of World War Two amidst the ruins of Berlin, one bullet can change history…

Why similar: Co-op 21.4%, Stealth 18.3%, FPS 15.1%, Action 12.1%, Multiplayer 10.7%

Besiege castles and raid villages in Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, a fast-paced medieval first person slasher with a focus on multiplayer battles

Why similar: Multiplayer 30.8%, FPS 15.4%, Action 13.7%, Team-Based 12.2%, First-Person 11.4%

The original assassin is back! Betrayed by the Agency and hunted by the police, Agent 47 finds himself pursuing redemption in a corrupt and twisted world.

Why similar: Stealth 37%, Crime 20.3%, Action 12.9%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Tactical 7.8%

Frantic, multiplayer action involving Nazis and dinosaurs! What are you waiting for? This is World War II as it should have been!

Why similar: FPS 43.6%, Multiplayer 21.1%, Shooter 11%, Action 10.1%, Co-op 7.6%

Contains full Rising Storm content as well!

Why similar: FPS 39.7%, Team-Based 16.8%, Multiplayer 16.3%, Shooter 7.6%, Tactical 7.2%

Get ready for the most out-landish gameplay scenarios ever seen as the Third Street Saints take on the Syndicate!

Why similar: Co-op 27.6%, Crime 19.8%, Online Co-Op 16.3%, Action 11.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%

TAKEDOWN is a thinking-person’s shooter; brutal, hardcore and deadly - like the real thing. Not for the faint hearted, Takedown requires you to bring your 'A' game - FPS fans looking for an ultra hardcore experience only need apply!

Why similar: FPS 40.4%, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Co-op 10.2%, Tactical 9%, Multiplayer 7.4%

Rogue Heist is a fresh take on Heist; what happens when both the sides are eyeing the same prize. A 6v6 multiplayer game where are you are sent in with your team to steal and outrun an opponent at the same time.

Why similar: Heist 37.1% ★, Crime 19.9%, Team-Based 12.6%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Shooter 8.1%

Work together to survive the devastating Dinosaur horde in huge, endless environments.

Why similar: FPS 30.7%, Co-op 17.3%, Online Co-Op 16.6%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Shooter 8%

As Wei Shen, an undercover cop trying to take down the Triads, you'll have to fight your way up the organization without blowing your cover.

Why similar: Crime 59.1%, Action 18.8%, Great Soundtrack 10.7%, Multiplayer 4.4%, Shooter 4.3%

Go on heists through Midnight City alone or with up to four players to fulfill tasks as a hacker for various organizations. Improve your reputation, earn money, and uncover the secrets of shady companies all while being hunted by terrifying entities.

Why similar: Heist 48.3% ★, Crime 14.6%, Online Co-Op 13.9%, Co-op 10.2%, Team-Based 8%

Get your crew back together for the ultimate heist experience! Return to Monaco, plan your operation, and skedaddle when things inevitably go awry in this co-op heist game. The city is yours for the taking!

Why similar: Heist 43.2% ★, Crime 15.9%, Co-op 15.5%, Online Co-Op 8.3%, Stealth 5.6%

Thick as Thieves is a stealth-action heist game, playable solo or with a partner in crime in co-op multiplayer. Master the art of thievery through cunning gameplay across a 4-hour campaign in this dynamic new take on stealth.

Why similar: Heist 62.5% ★, Stealth 14.1%, Co-op 6.6%, First-Person 5.8%, Multiplayer 5.3%

Money Talks. Silence Pays. Prepare to Make a Killing. When assassins from Agent 47's contract agency, The ICA, are eliminated in a series of hits, it seems a larger, more powerful agency has entered the fray. Sensing he may be a target, 47 travels to America, and prepares to make a killing.

Why similar: Stealth 41.3%, Crime 18.1%, Great Soundtrack 14.8%, Action 12.2%, Shooter 5.4%

Pushing the boundaries of what fans have come to expect from the record-setting entertainment franchise, Call of Duty®: Black Ops II propels players into a near future Cold War

Why similar: FPS 32.9%, Multiplayer 15.1%, Co-op 12.6%, Shooter 8.4%, Online Co-Op 8.4%

The Ship is a murder mystery multiplayer.

Why similar: Multiplayer 42%, Stealth 15.3%, FPS 14.6%, First-Person 8.6%, Action 8.1%

Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.

Why similar: Team-Based 25.5%, Multiplayer 24.8%, Online Co-Op 18.9%, Co-op 12.4%, Difficult 6.5%

Take charge of a SWAT unit as an elite operator. Command a specialized AI squad or team up in co-op to seize suspects, rescue civilians, and restore order. Study the briefing, kit out your team, and execute your plan with disciplined precision.

Why similar: FPS 24.5%, Crime 14%, Co-op 13.8%, Team-Based 9.6%, Multiplayer 9.3%

Crime Simulator: Playgrounds is a short, chaotic, and hilarious entry in the Crime Simulator franchise. Throw hammers, spray pepper gas, and cause mayhem solo or with up to 4 players. Take over hideouts, complete absurd missions, and unleash destruction with the wildest weapons. No rules—just fun!

Why similar: Heist 35.1% ★, Crime 18.1%, Co-op 11%, FPS 10.5%, Online Co-Op 10.3%

Bluff, build alliances, betray your friends, and become the richest player! Speak with other players, guess their job, and kill them if it can bring you money. Between Police, FBI, Robber, Mafia, Kamikaze, and Serial Killer, you will find the best job to win.

Why similar: Heist 37.6% ★, FPS 19.5%, Crime 19.3%, Multiplayer 6.5%, Action 4.9%

Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 59.5%, Action 15.9%, Difficult 12.9%, Shooter 9.5%, Indie 1.2%

As the enigmatic Hitman, you must use stealth and tactical problem solving to enter, execute and exit your assignment with minimum attention and maximum effectiveness. For a price, you have access to the most devious devices, but how you use them will determine if you retire as a millionaire or get permanently retired.

Why similar: Stealth 45.7%, Action 14.9%, Crime 13.2%, Shooter 8.2%, Difficult 7%

In a dark Cyberpunk world, you (and up to 3 friends) wage war against the all-powerful Federation in this Source-powered FPS/RPG.

Why similar: FPS 45.8%, Co-op 21.7%, Multiplayer 7%, Action 6.8%, Online Co-Op 5.7%

Strategy. Speed. Story. These are the core pillars of Battlefield™ Hardline, a cops vs. criminals experience unlike any other.

Why similar: FPS 30.8%, Multiplayer 17.5%, Crime 17.3%, Shooter 13.9%, Action 8.9%

The Swindle is a steampunk cybercrime caper about breaking into buildings, hacking their systems, stealing all their cash, and quickly running away again before the police show up.

Why similar: Heist 50.2% ★, Crime 33%, Stealth 10.2%, Action 5.2%, RPG 1%

Harry, a bank robber aims to rob a government bank, so he choose the day that the bank is open to visitors, and takes the opportunity to carry out the robbery. Upon arriving at the bank, learns some routines, of how things work and then begins to put his plan into practice.

Why similar: Heist 37.1% ★, Crime 18.8%, FPS 17.8%, Stealth 7%, Shooter 5.9%

Tired of political exploitation? Join me and let's rebuild our thieving business together! Let's steal cars, radios, and TVs - anything that catches your eye can be yours! Recall what it's like to be a thief in Thief Simulator 2: Prologue!

Why similar: Heist 33.6% ★, Crime 23.3%, Co-op 17.3%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Action 5.6%

You are a gun for hire, trapped in a war-torn African state, stricken with malaria and forced to make deals with corrupt warlords on both sides of the conflict in order to make this country your home. You must identify and exploit your enemies' weaknesses, neutralizing their superior numbers and firepower with surprise, subversion,...

Why similar: FPS 51.8%, Shooter 10.7%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Action 7.9%, Stealth 6.1%